Schutzstaffel (SS)

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Nazi organization paramilitary organization security organization

The Schutzstaffel (SS) was Nazi Germany’s paramilitary organization that became a central instrument of terror, overseeing the police state, racial persecution, and the operation of extermination and concentration camps during the Holocaust.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Schutzstaffel 302
Allgemeine SS 22
Schutzstaffel (SS) canonical 10

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi organization ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
security organization ⓘ
controlled German police forces ⓘ
security services in occupied territories ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateFounded 1925 ⓘ
declaredCriminalOrganizationBy Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form: International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
declaredCriminalOrganizationIn Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form: Nuremberg Trials
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
dissolvedAfter defeat of Nazi Germany ⓘ
distinctFrom SA ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
engagedIn ethnic cleansing ⓘ
forced labor system ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
medical experiments on prisoners ⓘ
foundedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
grewFrom Hitler’s personal bodyguard unit ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ
fascism ⓘ
racism ⓘ
leaderTitle Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
loyalTo Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Führerprinzip ⓘ
militaryBranch Waffen-SS ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
nativeName Schutzstaffel (SS) self-link ⓘ
surface form: Schutzstaffel
notableLeader Ernst Kaltenbrunner ⓘ
HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Himmler

Karl Hanke ⓘ
ReinhardHeydrich ⓘ
surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
operatedDuring World War II ⓘ
oversaw concentration camps ⓘ
extermination camps ⓘ
police state apparatus ⓘ
partOf Nazi Party ⓘ
peakMembership over one million members ⓘ
placeFounded Munich ⓘ
predecessor Stoßtrupp-Hitler ⓘ
primaryFunction enforcement of Nazi racial policy ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
suppression of opposition ⓘ
responsibleFor Holocaust ⓘ
crimes against humanity ⓘ
mass murder of Jews ⓘ
mass murder of Roma ⓘ
mass murder of political opponents ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
shortName SS ⓘ
subOrganization Schutzstaffel (SS) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Allgemeine SS

Gestapo ⓘ
Kripo ⓘ
Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
Waffen-SS ⓘ
surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände

Reich Main Security Office ⓘ
surface form: Sicherheitsdienst

Waffen-SS ⓘ
symbol SS runes ⓘ
translation Protection Squadron ⓘ
uniformColor black ⓘ

Referenced by (361)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AuschwitzBirkenau → operatedBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
subject surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau
Italian campaign → opponent → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waffen-SS
Nazi Germany → securityOrganization → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
SS → branch → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allgemeine SS
SS → branch → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
Martin Luther (diplomat) → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Treblinka → perpetratorOrganization → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
GeneralplanOstPolicies → implementedBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
Sobibor → operatedBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
Belzec → operatedBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
Night of the Long Knives → carriedOutBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Night of the Long Knives → relatedOrganization → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Einsatzgruppen → partOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Chelmno → perpetrator → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
subject surface form: Chełmno extermination camp
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
HeinrichHimmler → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
subject surface form: Heinrich Himmler
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
HeinrichHimmler → oversaw → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
subject surface form: Heinrich Himmler
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Majdanek → operatedBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
ReinhardHeydrich → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
subject surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
ReinhardHeydrich → militaryBranch → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
subject surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Dachau → operatedBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
subject surface form: Dachau concentration camp
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Nazi Party → paramilitaryWing → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Buchenwald → operatedBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
BergenBelsen → operatedBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
subject surface form: Bergen-Belsen
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising → opponent → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS and Police Leader Jürgen Stroop's forces
Eberhard Schöngarth → militaryBranch → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Eberhard Schöngarth → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
SS-Obersturmbannführer → partOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
SS-Obersturmbannführer → usedBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
SS-Obersturmbannführer → usedBy → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allgemeine SS
SS-Obersturmbannführer → branch → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
SS-Obersturmbannführer → serviceBranchContext → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allgemeine SS
SA → rivalOrganization → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
subject surface form: Sturmabteilung
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Josef Bühler → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
SS Security Service (SD) → partOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
Joachim von Ribbentrop → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Schutzstaffel (SS) → nativeName → Schutzstaffel (SS) self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Schutzstaffel
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Schutzstaffel (SS) → subOrganization → Schutzstaffel (SS) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Schutzstaffel
this entity surface form: Allgemeine SS
Otto Hofmann → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Otto Hofmann → employer → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Sturmabteilung → rivalOrganization → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Rudolf Lange → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Wilhelm Bittrich → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Waffen-SS → partOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Heinrich Klopfer → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Reich Main Security Office → subordinateTo → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Wilhelm Keppler → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Adolf Eichmann → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Rudolf Höss → memberOf → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel
Rudolf Höss → employer → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
Plaszow concentration camp → perpetratorOrganization → Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schutzstaffel